All of the Things

I’m watching Time Traveler’s Wife on Amazon Prime and decided the best way to tell you about the last couple weeks is to blog list-style today. Here is what I have been up to:

My foodie adventures:

1. My friend requested oatmeal raisin cookies on her last day in our department at work. I chose to follow the recipe from Joyful Scribblings. They were a huge hit! All of my teammates loved the cookies. You can find the recipe here: http://www.joyfulscribblings.com/2015/05/ultimate-oatmeal-raisin-cookie/
   

2. I finally tried the white coffee from Dutch Bro’s. I am not the biggest fan of coffee so my friend thought I might like the white coffee as it is a little bit more subtle than regular coffee. I tried it in the iced Cocomo latte. It’s a coconut mocha. The white coffee took away from the coconut flavor a little bit and made it taste nuttier, but it was pretty good. It definitely didn’t have as strong of a coffee flavor as regular coffee.
   

3. I picked up an order of macaroni and cheese with chicken and broccoli from Sauce one night for dinner. I added extra parmesan and it was delicious! I was disappointed because there was less chicken than usual but it was still good. It was a very hearty and filling meal and was perfect for a cold winter evening.

4. I love trying different kinds of hummus. This week I tried Boar’s Head roasted red pepper hummus. It wasn’t as thick as other brands I have tried, but it was still good.
   

5. I had only been to Eclectic Café for breakfast and lunch before, but I finally went there for dinner. I had the cheese enchiladas. They were so good! They came with rice and beans. I guess I was hungry because I ate them so quickly. I can’t wait to order them again!
   

6. I met my mom for lunch at Zona 78 one day this week. It is one of our go-to spots for lunch. I had the meatball sandwich and the pasta salad. Oh my gosh the pasta salad was so good! I could order a whole plate of that and be happy.
   

7. My favorite ice cream from years ago is Ben and Jerry’s PB World. It is only sold at Target. I hadn’t had it in a few years, but was craving it this week. I highly recommend it!
   

8. My teammate bought a bag of different snickers bars and one of them was a snickers crispier. I hadn’t even heard of this one before, but it is by far my favorite! My teammate and I are now obsessed. It is so yummy.
   

9. Instead of going to Riajin Ramen for lunch one day my friend and I decided to try their sister restaurant. It is called Ginza. It was pretty good. They have sushi and other dishes. I ordered a bento box with teriyaki chicken. My favorite part was the tempura sweet potatoes.
   

10. I had been sick for over a week and it was making me dehydrated. I decided I needed some vitamin C and some hydration. I picked up the No Dairy Berry smoothie from Kneaders. It was delicious.
    

11. Barro’s Pizza opened up near me a few weeks ago and I finally tried it for the first time. I had the Southwestern Chicken pizza. Next time I may try something simpler like Pepperoni, but I love how their pizza is made. The crust is great. My teammate said she really likes their wings so I will have to try them sometime.
    

12. Yesterday I met a friend at Nook downtown for breakfast. I had seen this place before, but this was the first time I tried it. I ordered the breakfast sandwich and it was delicious. The bacon was the best part. It’s peppered and honestly tastes like sausage gravy. I want to try their lunch next time. This was a really cute spot.

My love for podcasts grew:

1. I listened to a couple of episodes of the Whine Down podcast with Jana Kramer. This podcast focuses on relationship and they actually dive pretty deep. The host loves therapy so she brings a lot of that into her podcast. It’s interesting and a good way to spend my lunch break.
   

2. Amy Schumer has a podcast that is pretty good. She has a few other comedians on it. I like how at the end they all go around and talk about their favorite parts of the episode.

TV shows I highly recommend:

1. My friend recommended Kim’s Convenience on Netflix to me and I am so happy he did! It is a Canadian show and it is a hoot! I really enjoyed all of the characters. It is light for the most part.
   

2. I watched through the entire series of The Originals on Netflix. This was a great show! I like that in this show the characters are already supernatural for the most part. In Vampire Diaries I felt like someone was always having to come to terms with being supernatural.

I caved and signed up for Amazon Prime:

1. I love looking for new movies that star my favorite actors. I often will search by the name of an actor and look for the movies I haven’t seen yet. I watched an Emma Roberts movie called Little Italy and it was super cute.
   

2. The movie Two Night Stand starred one of the models that was on America’s Next Top Model. This was a sweet movie and a good weekend watch.
   

3. If you have Amazon Prime add Marvelous Mrs. Masiel to your watch list! This show was great!